Salem residents wonder why gas lines don’t have automatic shutoffs

Salem residents wonder why gas lines don’t have automatic shutoffs 

By Paul Peirce TribLive (May 12, 2016) – “Carl Weimer of the Pipeline Safety Trust is disappointed that PHMSA did not include a requirement for automatic shutoff valves or remote shutoff valves in the new regulations. ‘There is an argument whether an automatic shutoff valve or a remote control shutoff valve controlled by a company employee in a control room somewhere would be better, but either one would certainly better than having someone have to drive to a site to manually shut off a valve,’ he said.”